http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the...ng-lap-record/

thoughts?

 

I'd like to know why the GT-R is posting up some of the fastest times on other tracks as well as beating other cars in tests.

 

me too. ...and why Nissan and the fan boys dont talk about those??? it just seems that Nissan and everybody is like "the ring the ring the ring" when it is at a clear disadvantage on that track vs the Z06.

 

The ring is a well respected track because it requires a car that has a good suspension setup, brakes, as well as power. It's supposed to be a good measurement of overall performance.

 

that guy seems like a chevy corvette nuthugger. Id take his article with a grain a salt.......he just comes off as biased.

 

Guess there are always going to be haters, maybe the writer is a believer in American cars..HA HA HA

 

i think it is written that way because it has been said SO many times to "beat the Z06 around the ring" and they are the 2 "affordable super cars and are in the same "price range" even though picking up a GTR for less than 100K is impossible.

 

yes. there will always be haters, i am not one of them. i am just so sick of the fanboys coming in here any time you post a pic of a car (like that lambo) they all say "ZOMG GTR wins around the ring" nobody cares, and the whole rolling start/slicks thing is fishy.

 

http://www.fastestlaps.com/index.php...=4571c3c67224f

I still hold my opinion.

 

+1. Nothing but a hater IMO. When will all these stupid skeptics realize that the GT-R is the engineering marvel that does in fact outperform every production supercar on the road?

 

Tell him a production GT-R went 7:29 and to choke on this
http://www.drivers-republic.com/news...e_14_05_08.cfm

 

"the new Nissan GT-R is the old Honda NSX."

 

lol that writer when to diesel school, and failed..both at school and at life

 

The Zonda (which is the fastest production car around that track) has a 'flying start' as well. Also note where they stop the timer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APbrjvadVA0

 

The article is full of ignorance.

The popular German car magazine from which most Nurburgring times are based, also conducts its tests in the Nurburgring the same way the GTR, which excludes the exit part of the pit stop for safety reasons.

 

EVO compared the GT-R against an Audi R8 on b-roads, a Z06 at the drag strip and a GT3 on a circuit...and the GT-R won every contest.

I personally would take a GT3 over a GT-R any day of the week, especially if the two are priced very close (assuming high GT-R markup). Hell, I'd take an Audi R8 over the GT-R, too.

I think the GT-R is going to be a fantastic car but I think it takes too much of the net result away from driver skill and instead rewards someone for simply mashing the pedal and being able to remotely steer the car with skill.

If it was truly $70k, well that's Exige S money or if you want less hardcore, likely Cayman S (without any frills) money.

 

This whole thread need to go to the garbage.

 

BRAVO!!! haha

 

Unfortunately the article makes a lot of baseless claims.